Employer Engagement Series      

In light of government proposals, a series of materials have been articulated and developed to facilitate the relationships between higher education and business. The aim is to provide materials which explore and address the challenges of designing and delivering work-based learning within the Higher Education system. These can be used to promote an individual understanding of practical and strategic approaches but they are also designed to be used to support staff development for work-based learning.

The pack has been written by practitioners in the field of work-based learning and employer engagement so it has an explicit ‘how to’ focus. Case studies and examples are used throughout to illustrate how engagement and learning in the workplace has taken place. However, the pack goes beyond a purely practical focus to explore the motivations of employers and academic institutions in seeking engagement.